MGM Resorts International

Former Nevada Congressman Steven Horsford is helping MGM Resorts International make sure the casino company keeps its word to Prince George's County officials and hires at least half its workforce for MGM National Harbor in Maryland from the county and contracts with minority-owned businesses. Horsford's R&R Resources+ communications and workforce strategy firm was recently named the agency of record to lead branding efforts focused particularly on the region's diversity for the $1.3 billion casino-resort project expected to open next year. Las Vegas-based R&R Partners, the firm behind the "What Happens Here, Stays Here" advertising campaign, is a minority investor...

Related "MGM Resorts International" Articles

Former Nevada Congressman Steven Horsford is helping MGM Resorts International make sure the casino company keeps its word to Prince George's County officials and hires at least half its workforce for MGM National Harbor in Maryland from the county and...

Many slot machines on casino floors bear images of faded but recognizable movies or TV shows such as "Sex and the City," "Ghostbusters" or the still-running "Wheel of Fortune," appealing to an older generation of players...

A deal involving Pinnacle Entertainment is the latest example of a casino company separating its gambling operations from its real estate to generate cash. Las Vegas-based Pinnacle announced this week it would sell most of its casino-hotels to a real...

Sin City may look like a lush water-waster as the state endures its fourth year of a severe drought, but casino-resorts say their fountains and greenery are well-crafted illusions. The vice president of sustainability for MGM Resorts International,...

The tribes that operate the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos fired back Thursday at the MGM president, who vowed to block construction of a Hartford-area gambling venue that would compete with MGM's Springfield casino.
Mohegan Tribe Chairman Kevin...

MGM Resorts International plans to build a $100 million, 5,300-seat theater at its Monte Carlo casino-hotel to attract top musicians for weeks at a time. The project will be built next to a larger, 20,000-seat arena now under construction. MGM also...

MGM Resorts International says it's selling Circus Circus Reno and its stake in the Silver Legacy Resort Casino Reno to Eldorado Resorts Inc. for $72.5 million. The casino-resort company announced the sale Tuesday. MGM Resorts and Eldorado have each owned...

Kirk Kerkorian, who died Monday at 98, wasn't just a fabulously rich corporate investor, he was an uncommon individual: intensely private, a billionaire with middle-class touches, a self-described "gambler at heart."
He roiled the...

LAS VEGAS — Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, an eighth-grade dropout who built Las Vegas' biggest hotels, tried to take over Chrysler and bought and sold MGM at a profit three times, has died. He was 98.MGM Resorts International says Kerkorian died Monday.He...

In the history of Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian's name will be mentioned alongside Bugsy Siegel, Howard Hughes and Steve Wynn as key visionaries who helped shape the nation's gambling mecca and tourist attraction.
With his passing Monday at the age of 98,...

Building three casinos along Connecticut's arterial highways would claw back most of the jobs and gaming revenues projected to be lost to new gambling facilities in Massachusetts and New York, according to a study released Thursday.
Tribal leaders in...

Unlike Maryland's five existing casinos, the $1.2 billion MGM National Harbor will be a "destination" resort projected to attract more than half of its business from outside the state, the top executive of MGM Resorts International...

Legislation to add more casinos in Connecticut falls short of providing a broad solution that would help Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino, analysts for Moody's Investor Services wrote in a research note released Monday.
"Connecticut casinos...

EAST HARTFORD — Residents on Friday seemed cautiously optimistic about a proposal to turn the vacant Showcase Cinemas on Silver Lane, off I-84 near Rentschler Field, into a $138 million casino.
Those interviewed said they believe the plan would bring...

If a developer were to submit a plan to build a casino in East Windsor, the idea would be put to a referendum vote, and if residents approved it, town officials said they were prepared to act quickly.
First Selectwoman Denise Menard said that everyone in...

An East Hartford development team has a plan for a $138 million casino at the vacant Showcase Cinemas along I-84 near Rentschler Field that it is pitching to the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes.
The proposed casino would include 1,000 to 2,000...

Connecticut's two casinos stand to lose $703 million a year, and annual state slot revenues could drop by $100 million, once four new casinos are up and running in New York and Massachusetts in 2019, a new report says.The out-of-state competition would...

SPRINGFIELD — MGM Resorts International Chairman and CEO Jim Murren on Tuesday ridiculed a proposal by Connecticut's tribes to build a casino along I-91 to compete with an $800 million casino in Springfield, calling the tribes' proposal a "box of...

Sometimes when you're traveling, it would be nice to get away from the frantic atmosphere of the airport. If you're in Finland's Helsinki Airport, you can get a respite in the 19 GoSleep sleeping pods available at Gates 18 and 38. Each pod is an ergonomic...

HARTFORD — When resort casinos open in a couple of years in Massachusetts and New York, Connecticut's gambling resorts will suffer a loss of $702 million in annual revenue, the foremost academic researcher on the casino industry said at a legislative...